From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Kevin West at savingtheseason.com SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: 2 5-liter (or five-quart) jars with a sealable lids. 5 750 ml bottles with stoppers INGREDIENTS 6 yellow grapefruits (please try to find organic fruit, since the peel macerates for[...]
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TIME-TO-KILL MARMALADE
From the Demo: Saving the Season, Winter Citrus Recipe Courtesy of Kevin West at savingtheseason.com 2 lbs blood oranges (about 10 small fruits) 1 lb Meyer lemons (about 3 large fruits) 1/2 lb sour Eureka lemons (about 2 small fruits) 3.5 cups white granulated sugar 3/4 cup sage honey, or any other [...]
Alert: Squid Ink Praises Our Canning Demo!
In case you missed it,our second installment of Saving the Season: Canning Fall, happened last Saturday in the Surfas Test Kitchen, where we welcomed back Bettina Birch of BeeGreenFarms, and Kevin West, blogger of Saving the Season for their vast knowledge in the art of canning (and tasty samples). [...]
CHUNKY CRANBERRY JAM WITH GINGER AND ORANGE ZEST
From the Demo, Saving the Season- Fall Demo Recipe courtesy of Kevin West 15 oz cranberries 1 hard apple such as Arkansas Black, peeled, cored and sliced into 1/2″ chunks (this is optional, but it’s my father’s way of doing it and I like the added contrast of texture and flavor) 1 [...]
FRESH PERSIMMON BUTTER
From the Demo, Saving the Season- Fall Demo Recipe courtesy of Kevin West Please note that persimmons do not have enough natural acidity to be safely canned, since low-acid foods can develop botulism during shelf storage. Accordingly this is a “fresh jam” that should be stored in the fri[...]
Persimmon Chutney
From the Demo, Saving the Season- Fall Demo Recipe courtesy of Bettina Birch 1 pounds ripe persimmons 1 pound Black Arkansas apples 1/4 cup apple vinegar 1/4 cup lime juice 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup raisins, or other dried fruit 1/8 cup dark brown sugar 1/8 organic light sugar 1 tablespoon mustard seeds[...]
CRUSHED TOMATOES
From the demo: Saving the Season Recipe courtesy of Kevin West amounts given PER PINT about 1 lb Roma or other variety plum tomatoes 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon bottled lemon juice. (I don’t like using bottled lemon juice because it tastes like wet dog dunked in Drano, BUT the argument for i[...]
RUSTIC PEACH JAM FOR AKASHA
From the demo: Saving the Season Recipe courtesy of Kevin West BASIC RATION by weight 4:3 FOR A BIG BATCH 8 pounds Alberta peaches, peeled, pitted and sliced (Note that 10 pounds whole fruit yielded 8 pounds prepared.) 6 pounds sugar juice of 3 lemons 1. To peel peaches: cut a shallow X in the stem [...]